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The Practitioner’s Guide to Data Profiling

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Before starting a data-profiling project, it's vital to understand the tie between the information gleaned from the reports and the proposed business outcomes. By clarifying specific analysis process and techniques (such as those presented in this paper) that use data profiling technology, the analyst team can establish a well-defined scope with specific goals (such as documenting metadata or identifying potential data errors) that can be achieved in a timely and predictable manner.

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